Bread-cutter



(No Model.)

J. H. LYNCH.

BREAD CUTTER.

No. 266,851. Patented Oct. 31, 1882..

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JOHN H. LYNCH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BREAD-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,851, dated October31, 1882,

Application filed September 8, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN H. LYNCH, of thecity of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented certainImprovements in Bread-Outters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists in applying to the frame of a bread-cutter ahinged wire-work guard to protect the hand of the person using thedevice in the bread-cutting operation.

In the description of my invention which follows reference is made tothe accompanying drawings,forminga parthereof, andin which- Figure I. isa rear view of theimproved breadcutter, showing the hinged wire-workguard in an elevated 0r upturned position. Fig. II is a transversesection of the bread-cutter, illustrating the use of the wire guard.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in both views.

A is the frame of the machine, which is of ordinary construction, and Bthe sliding knife. 0 is the wire-work guard, hinged at a, and providedwith springs b, arranged to retain the guard O, when the same is not inuse, in an upturned position, as shown in Fig.1. \Vhen the guard is inthis position the loaf may be i (No model.)

readily introduced and fed by hand to the knife until the loaf is soreduced in thickness as to render it dangerous to feed it further byhand Without protection. The guard is then turned down, as shown in Fig.II, which effectually protects the hand of the operator.

It will be seen that the wire-work guard 0 does not obstruct the view ofthe leaf from the rear side of the machine in the cutting operation, andowing to its rough surface it is better adapted to force forward theloaf without causing the same to slip than if a plain board were used.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with the frame A and thesliding knife B, the hinged wire-work guard O, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. The wire-work guard G, hinged to the frame A, and provided withsprings b to retain it in an upturned position when not in use,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JO HN H. LYNCH.

\Vitnesses:

E. J. Dress, JOHN WILLIAMS.

